BRISTOL, Tenn. – Kevin Harvick has become the best qualifier in NASCAR's top series, at least for this season.

The veteran driver won the pole position for Saturday night's Sprint Cup Series event at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday night. It's his series-high fifth top starting spot of the season, and just the 11th in 490 starts in his career.

Harvick, in his first season with Stewart-Haas Racing, set a track record with a lap at 131.362 mph that knocked Jeff Gordon from the top spot. Gordon, the series points leader, will start second at 131.290.

Carl Edwards, who won here in the spring, will start third, with Kyle Busch fourth. Busch has won five times in his career on the 0.533-mile oval, but said he's concerned the lone groove around the top of the track could be problematic.

Blaney bolts to Nationwide win

BRISTOL, Tenn. – Ryan Blaney bolted past Kyle Busch on a restart with six laps remaining and won the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday night for his second career victory.

Blaney's victory was a surprise after Busch, seeking to become the first driver ever to win four consecutive races in the series on the 0.533-mile oval, had dominated, especially on restarts.

Battling at various times against the youngest and brightest stars in the series, Busch generally made quick work of them. He led 161 of the 300 laps and seemed poised for his record 67th victory in the series.

But on the final restart, Blaney darted to the lead from the inside, and Busch never quite caught up.

Hamilton looks to swipe pole

SPA, Belgium – Lewis Hamilton finished more than half a second faster than Nico Rosberg in the second practice session of the Belgian Grand Prix on Friday, boosting his hopes of stopping his Mercedes rival from clinching a fourth straight pole position.

There is a third and final practice on Saturday before qualifying begins in the afternoon, where Rosberg will look to secure a sixth pole from the past seven races.

"It looks like we have the quickest car again, but it's a bit different here than at some other tracks," Rosberg said. "It will be a long night analyzing everything that we learned today to really nail it tomorrow."

The F1 championship resumed this weekend following a summer break, with Rosberg leading Hamilton – the 2008 champion – by only 11 points.

Truex back behind wheel

BRISTOL, Tenn. – Ryan Truex is back behind the wheel of his Toyota for BK Racing at Bristol Motor Speedway.

The driver missed last weekend's race at Michigan after he sustained a concussion during a single-car crash during practice. The 22-year-old rookie was taken to the hospital and underwent CT scans of his head, neck, chest and abdomen, which were all negative.

Keselowski wins 1st trucks race

BRISTOL, Tenn. – Brad Keselowski earned his first NASCAR Truck Series victory on Thursday, becoming the first father-son duo to do so.